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Katie Hall-May

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Fiction,Contemporary,Mystery

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Hello, I'm Katie. Thank you for visiting my page. I’m excited to meet you, and would be thrilled if you read my books, and even more if you enjoyed them.

‘Puck’s Legacy’ (https://amzn.eu/d/frvJUDU) is about what happens when you escape from reality into fiction, and whether it's possible to return. It's also about drama, love and extremism, but mostly it's about obsession. It was a beast to write, and a brutal little beast at that, but I'm in love with everybody in it.
My other book, 'Memories of a Lost Thesaurus' (https://amzn.eu/d/aagnxk5) revolves around a four people and a flooded block of flats. Everyone has something to fix - but the flood is the least of it. It's about bullying, and blame, and being trapped.

I have several other nove Hello, I'm Katie. Thank you for visiting my page. I’m excited to meet you, and would be thrilled if you read my books, and even more if you enjoyed them.

‘Puck’s Legacy’ (https://amzn.eu/d/frvJUDU) is about what happens when you escape from reality into fiction, and whether it's possible to return. It's also about drama, love and extremism, but mostly it's about obsession. It was a beast to write, and a brutal little beast at that, but I'm in love with everybody in it.
My other book, 'Memories of a Lost Thesaurus' (https://amzn.eu/d/aagnxk5) revolves around a four people and a flooded block of flats. Everyone has something to fix - but the flood is the least of it. It's about bullying, and blame, and being trapped.

I have several other novels on the go - (I'm capricious, what can I say?). 'Unforgotten Monsters' is set in a mysterious village in which everything looks right...but isn't somehow... It is currently waiting in my drawer to be released and edited after a suitable period. 'Things As They Are' is in the planning stage.

Since childhood, aside from a brief period when I wanted to be a shepherdess and another brief period when I wanted to be an actress, I have been scribbling stories, novels and plans for novels in increasingly illegible handwriting. Luckily I am now old enough to own a computer, and so can read the things I have written, usually immediately developing an intense hatred for them. During the writing process, however, I remain convinced that they are works of genius, and love nothing more than being deep in the world of the characters I have invented, and then finding myself faintly surprised to rediscover real life.

I believe in books because they create a community, and, whether you are a fellow writer or a fellow reader I would love to hear from you. You can contact me via my website or post an 'Ask the Author' question on here.

In the meantime, keep reading, writing, or just playing around on the internet, whichever interest it was that brought you here.

Best wishes and good luck with whatever you're working on,

Katie
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The Tricky Question of What You Want

My latest release, Puck’s Legacy is officially out today. Link here:Puck's Legacy

Humans who have never met or heard of me can now buy 400 pages worth of words set to a rhythm and order of my choosing. It’s weird when you think of it like that. It’s weird anyway.

I suspect there’s a bit of false humility in that opening (I’m owning it). Because obviously the fact is that it’s 400 page worth of my b Read more of this blog post »

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A Father for Lilja

byRyszard I. Merey(Goodreads Author)

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Katie Hall-May made a comment on I. Merey’s review of Puck's Legacy " I will keep looking forward to your 'crotchety reviews'! I agree with all of that and you are right, the harsher reviews are hard to read, you obsess ...more "
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Katie Hall-May made a comment on Stanloy’s review of Puck's Legacy " Thank you so much for taking the time to review. I can't express how useful it is to read about why someone liked it so you can try and repeat the goo ...more "
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Katie Hall-May made a comment on Samm Son’s review of Puck's Legacy " Thank you so much for this. I love that you liked it so much and that it actually made you feel something (sorry to make your heart ache....but also a ...more "
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Katie Hall-May made a comment on Clarissa’s review of Puck's Legacy " Thank you for this, and I love the 'shadowy boundary between art and reality'! It IS a bit shadowy isn't it? A bit too shadowy sometimes...or maybe th ...more "
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Katie Hall-May and 1 other person liked I. Merey's review of Puck's Legacy: "‘ “I’ll lay fourteen of my teeth—and yet to my teen be it spoken—I have but four.” She cackled. […] I knew they would not choose to notice the full set of perfect dentistry in Emily’s mouth. If she said she only had four teeth, then she only had four " Read more of this review »
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“If I had made another choice that night, would
my life have been less pursued by ghosts? Or just
significantly shorter?”
― Katie Hall-May, Puck's Legacy

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“I loved those people. I love them now. And I fear
them.
And I am so very sorry for all that I did to them.”
― Katie Hall-May, Puck's Legacy

tags: captivating, drama, fiction, fiction-writing, page-turner, tense, universal, unpredictable

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“Secrets breed other secrets. That’s how they work.”
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